<p>Wake up, go to class, procrastinate, try to study, sleep, rinse and repeat.</p>
<p>University of Colorado</p>
<p>Wake up at 6am
MW class at 9, then a 5 hr break, then class until 5:30
TR, class at 11:30, ends at 4
Lunch somewhere in between
Homework also in between classes
Get done with classes
Dinner
Watch TV
Homework
Read/TV/Laptop
Sleep at midnight</p>
<p>On Fridays–>
Community Service
Club Meetings
Homework</p>
<p>I have no idea how some people got so much free time…</p>
<p>I wake up in the morning feelin’ like P Diddy…</p>
<p>Just kidding. I go to UChicago. </p>
<p>This is my typical Monday/Wednesday</p>
<p>7:45 Wake up, press snooze for like half an hour
8:15 Get up, check email and Facebook, waste time
8:30 Go to the dining hall, eat breakfast or grab a bagel to take to work
8:45 Walk to work
9:00-12:00 Work; I transcribe for an education research place on campus
11:45 Cut out early, go to lunch
12:45 Head back to my room to touch base
1:30-6:00 Class, three back to back
6:00 Dinner, procrastinating
8:00 Read for class
12-2 Go to sleep</p>
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<p>That’s pretty prejudicial…</p>
<p>In fact, many Southern cities are more advanced in education and also in infrastructure than Northern cities. And yes, we do like southern food, grits, okra, and sweet tea, but we are definitely not the redneck stereotype you make us out to be…</p>
<p>That’s just a cultural difference that you will have to accept. Every region of the United States is culturally different in their local cuisine and different variations of society. I could easily say that Northerners eat Clam Chowder, Hot Dogs and Smörgåsbord all the time.</p>
<p>sorry just to branch off a bit, but what do northerners have for breakfast? like fill in the blank, bacon, eggs and ______
haha, I’m just curious and for me that blank is always grits :D</p>
<p>Bagel and cream cheese.</p>
<p>I usually skip breakfast anyway. Besides, pancakes are best had well past midnight.</p>
<p>Yeah, its very odd, sometimes I don’t feel like eating anything at all for breakfast and sometimes I’m hungry as hell…</p>
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<p>The Big Ten is academically superior to the SEC. Or about public education:</p>
<p>[State</a> Profiles.net](<a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/]State”>Profiles)</p>
<p>Lets see some states that score above the national average:</p>
<p>New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, etc</p>
<p>And those that are below the national average:</p>
<p>Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, etc</p>
<p>And the public schools in Northern cities? Obviously worse than the suburban counterpart, but it isn’t like Southern urban schools are terrific or something. NYC has a lot of public charter schools (hot topic at the moment in state legislature… stupid teacher’s unions) in the inner city that are working wonders for many families. The South also doesn’t have as many elite private schools or even the breadth of elite public schools that the Suburban (or even private urban) North has.</p>
<p>Also, about infrastructure, part of the North having worse infrastructure is that it is so much older than the South’s. A MAJOR reason in this is also due the fact that states like New York PAY FOR THE SOUTH’S INFRASTRUCTURE. New York gets about $.80 back for every federal tax dollar. Southern states typically get somewhere like $1.50. And it seems to be the politicians from the same states who hypocritically whine about welfare.</p>
<p>"Things Southerners haven’t heard of:</p>
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<li>Interfamilial marriage</li>
<li>Buildings exceeding 10 stories in height</li>
<li>Civil Rights </li>
<li>Dentistry</li>
<li>Snow</li>
<li>Other countries</li>
<li>Books, or, written language</li>
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<p>Things Southerners find sacred that everyone else in the country does not care about:</p>
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<li>Grits/Okra/Dale Earnhardt</li>
<li>Sweet Tea</li>
<li>NASCAR</li>
<li>Megachurch or its lesser forms"</li>
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<li><p>Interfamilial marriage- Because we all know that every couple in the south is incestuous. Yea that makes sense. Good to know Manhattan75 is a genius.</p></li>
<li><p>Buildings- Atlanta has buildings with more than 10 stories actually. So do other cities like New Orleans, Charlotte, Nashville, Memphis, etc. And are we really judging a region based on its cities’ skylines? L.A. and Phoenix hardly have a skyline, but they are far from backwards</p></li>
<li><p>Civil rights- Everyone’s equal now. It’s 2010, not the 1960’s. Get with the times. Sure there is racial tension, and even fights between races, but we all know that it happens everywhere in the country</p></li>
<li><p>Dentistry- Some dental insurance companies even have their headquarters in Atlanta. And really, there are northerners that could use a trip to the dentist as well</p></li>
<li><p>Snow- We actually do get snow. But OK, its not a lot. So what? That means its warmer down here, and thats one of the reasons why people are leaving the North to move to the South (look up Sun Belt). I’m cool with having good weather and not having to pay taxes for snowplowing services.</p></li>
<li><p>Other countries- It’s a shame that people like Manhattan aren’t smart enough to realize that Atlanta is a worldly city. It has a really busy airport with a lot of INTERNATIONAL traffic, and we, um, you know, had the Olympics here 14 years ago. But of course, even with all that, we don’t know about other countries.</p></li>
<li><p>Books or written language- This isn’t even in the Southern stereotype, so I don’t know how this came up. But there are many great authors in the South</p></li>
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<p>Btw, don’t see anything wrong with sweet tea and grits. And only a small percentage of southerners watch NASCAR (basically the people you see on TV at NASCAR races are the only ones that actually watch that stuff)</p>
<p>^^ Trust me you don’t want to experience the NASCAR crowd in person, its rough >.<
<em>experience, living in daytona beach (i.e. daytona 500) *shudder</em></p>
<p>I live in Oklahoma, so my responses deal mainly with my home state and only briefly mention areas of the South that are much nicer than Oklahoma and OKC (Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Charlotte, New Orleans, Miami, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, Richmond…).</p>
<p>Interfamilial marriage: Seriously, you’re going with incest as a put-down? Grow up.</p>
<p>Buildings exceeding 10 stories in height: My office for my internship is on the 28th floor. Dallas, Houston, Charlotte, and Atlanta have some of the tallest buildings in the country. New York’s skyscrapers can be pretty, but when I traveled there last year, I was happy to feel the sun on my skin again upon returning home. It’s so much easier to get a tan here…</p>
<p>Civil Rights: theespys69 hit this one spot-on already.</p>
<p>Dentistry: Of course. Bad teeth are exclusive to the southern United States…</p>
<p>Snow: We had two blizzards this past winter in Oklahoma. It was a pretty unusual winter, but we typically get a few small snowstorms each year. Usually it’s enough to let the kids play in the snow during their Christmas breaks. That being said, I do enjoy seeing the sun for more than 2 months each year and being able to wear shorts March-October without freezing. Children can play outside almost year-round (Possible reason why 71 of the top 100 football prospects came from southern states or California last year? Students are able to run around outside more, stay cooped up in the house or gym less?)</p>
<p>Other countries: The University of Oklahoma has 174 student exchange agreements with universities in 66 countries. This puts OU at or near the top of American universities in this regard. theespys69 already mentioned Atlanta’s 1996 Olympics and Hartsfield–Jackson airport in Atlanta, which is the busiest airport in the world. DFW International is the 3rd busiest. If you want to get technical, Washington, DC is a part of the South as well…</p>
<p>Books, or, written language: A bit like the incest shot. Not sure the reason for Manhattan’s deep hatred of the South, but hopefully you will find the strength get over it someday.</p>
<p>Grits/Okra/Dale Earnhardt: I haven’t known anyone personally who eats grits besides my grandmother. I’m more of a Cheerios or fruit kind of person. Not a big fan of okra either (too greasy). I see it for what it is: a regional dish that some people like more than others. It’s a bit like green chiles in New Mexico (which are delicious, much better than okra in my opinion). Finally, I didn’t know who Dale Earnhardt was until his death was covered non-stop by ESPN a few years back, and I consider myself a pretty big sports fan.</p>
<p>Sweet Tea: It’s OK. More people like Dr. Pepper, Sprite, or Coke, but it can be popular at picnics or family reunions. It’s a drink that some like and others don’t, just like regional drinks in other parts of the country.</p>
<p>NASCAR: theespys69 pretty much covered this one. To me, it’s just another sport that I don’t care to watch, like lacrosse or regular season NHL hockey.</p>
<p>Megachurch or its lesser forms": People attend church in the South, as they do in the rest of the United States. Shocker. Big cities have megachurches to accommodate large congregations, but there are also smaller, more personable churches found across the region. Most of my church experiences have been as a guest with friends, usually at smaller churches were most people know each other. The majority of the people in Oklahoma (one of the most conservative states in the country) are conservative and take church very seriously. Still, it’s not a sweeping majority (more like 57-43), and people are not persecuted for not attending church in some form. </p>
<p>I grew up in a southern town, attended an inner city public school in Oklahoma, and was accepted to Harvard, Stanford, and Duke. Personally, I’m quite pleased with the quality of education I received, though it could and should be improved with additional funding that my state legislature is all-too quick to cut during budget crunches.</p>
<p>Economically, Oklahoma has come out of the recession better than many of northern states. Unemployment rose, but not to the national level. Businesses in Oklahoma City actually continued to grow, and the city has developed quite nicely in the 15 years since the tragedy at the Murrah Building. A plan to further develop the infrastructure of the city was recently passed, so I look forward to seeing the progress OKC makes in the next few years.</p>
<p>The South, like any part of the country, has its strengths and weaknesses. Both the North and South add a great deal to the country and world as a whole. Manhattan, I don’t see your reason for putting down an entire part of the country based on backwards, biting stereotypes. Southerners and Northerners both have reasons to be proud of where they are from.</p>
<p>Debating football rivalries is one thing. It’s something that, in the big picture, doesn’t matter and is done for fun. In my opinion (and you know what they say about opinions), the Big Ten has a richer sports history than most SEC and Big 12 schools outside of UT and OU, but at the present, the Floridas, LSUs, Georgias, Miamis, and Florida States of the world play superior football/have rowdier FOOTBALL (definitely not basketball or hockey, though UNC-Duke basketball fans are about as crazy as it gets) fans than Penn State, Wisconsin, Michigan, etc. That could, and likely will, change in the next 5-6 years as talent cycles in and out. </p>
<p>But painting an entire geographic region as stupid, worthless, ignorant, and intolerant is something else entirely. Like I said, I hope you are someday able to get over whatever upsets you so deeply about the South.</p>
<p>Meh. There’s nothing wrong with the South nor is there anything wrong with the North. I personally prefer the north.</p>
<p>People on this forum: Taking hyperbolic ribbing amongst sports fans way too seriously.</p>
<p>Morons.</p>
<p>Okay we’re not talking Oklahoma here. I think people mean more of the deep south like Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, south of ATL in Georgia, north of Tallahassee in Florida, and the Carolinas. That is what I think most northerners like myself would view as the incest-ridden sweet tee-drinking nascar watching crazy ass-church singing south.</p>
<p>I live in North Carolina and am extremely offended by everything that Manhattan said. You are painting a picture of us as ignorant imbeciles. Why don’t you take a step back and look at yourself. Anyone with a decent intelligence level knows it’s not a good idea to judge people by where they live based on stereotypes. Why do you think people from other countries hate Americans? Exactly.</p>
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<p>Everyone is so easily offended these days. I think people like the feeling of being offended more than they actually care about being offended. It is a psychological issue.</p>
<p>Anyway, just don’t start a war over it… again.</p>
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<p>Because we’re better than everyone else?</p>
<p>… Seriously, you guys cannot catch a clue. Take things way too seriously. If you think I seriously believe those things as opposed to the unthinkable possibility that I’m giving rival sports fans a hard time, then you might be a bit dense.</p>
<p>Sarcasm doesn’t show up well over the internet.</p>
<p>Junior at Mercer University.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Up at 7:50- Get ready and eat breakfast
9- Physics
10- do homework or socialize
11-Biochemistry
12-Lunch
1- Psychology
2-3 Socialize
3-6 Homework or research
(Wednesdays only, class from 5-7)
6- Dinner
7-11 Homework
12- Bed</p>
<p>Tuesday I do research from 9-12, eat lunch, then go to biochem lab until 5. I eat at 6, then usually do homework for until bed at 12ish.<br>
Thursday I do research again from 9-12, eat lunch, then do homework until physics lab from 3-6. Then I eat dinner, attend my club meeting, and do homework again until 12.</p>
<p>Your day will always be filled, but as a freshman there is usually less homework time required. Of course, the work will be dependent on your major too.</p>
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<p>Right, so, the only logical reaction is to get your feathers ruffled because you are [well, not you] a third party to a ridiculous argument about college football.</p>
<p>Priorities… Priorities…</p>
<p>I put “Sweet Tea” on a list of grievances in my post. Seriously. How much more sarcasm does one need?</p>